500 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.statesman.com/news/20190509/austin-throws-support-behind-green-new-dealThe Austin City Council on Thursday formally backed a national ȁ#x201c;Green New Dealȁ#x201d; — a concept from freshman U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. ȁ#x201c;The Council recognizes we are already experiencing the adverse consequences of climate change, understands the urgency of creating....Fri, 10 May 2019 01:07:00 +0200statesman-663265134ebbed232f408f840b195c3220190510010700https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2019/05/04/in-trumps-america-vote-while-you-can-afford-itAnn McFeatters, Tribune News Service. Donald Trump inadvertently may have hit on a solution for paying for the $2 trillion tax cut he and his fellow Republicans pushed through Congress to benefit rich people and all those corporations that now pay no tax at all. Let alone the $22 trillion national debt.Sat, 04 May 2019 19:49:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-ffc91db67cb7c5c30896b870dec11ad720190504194900http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/opinion/waiting-for-rain_163119?profile=1444The haunting melody of Bob Marley's “I don't want to wait in vain for your love” plays in my head as the days roll on through the latter half of April. I can relate to that song… but the yen I feel is not so much for love as it is for the showers of rain that are promised, by tradition, as we enter the month of May each year.Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:26:00 +0200jamaicaobserver-82d805381f04f1b4bbee5dfe95e0bcf120190426092600https://www.click2houston.com/weather/photos-show-possible-tornado-damage-after-storms-roll-through-texasA tornado that tore through Bryan on Wednesday was rated an EF2, according to the National Weather Service. The twister was reported about 4:45 p.m. along FM 1179 near Steep Hollow, on the east side of the Brazos County town. The rating means the tornado had winds between 111 and 135 mph.Fri, 26 Apr 2019 04:32:00 +0200click2houston-a65a5a520f1660b0a175efd059d3bf1b20190426043200